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Several SeaBus sailings cancelled Tuesday, says TransLink

Several SeaBus sailings cancelled Tuesday, says TransLink

There will be six fewer SeaBus sailings Tuesday due to the ongoing job action by Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) employees represented by the union Unifor.
Richmond school district apologizes to family of hospitalized teen

Richmond school district apologizes to family of hospitalized teen

Richmond school district issued a statement saying "confusion" resulted in parents not being contacted after their son was sent to hospital.
10 quick facts on the poppy

10 quick facts on the poppy

1. The Poppy Campaign begins on the last Friday in October and continues through to November 11th. 2. The Lapel Poppy can be worn every day of the Poppy Campaign and is removed at the end of the Remembrance Day ceremony.
Richmond-based Chinese real estate company targeted by false posters

Richmond-based Chinese real estate company targeted by false posters

Posters slapped on an office building — announcing the bankruptcy of a Richmond-based real estate agency — is fake news, according to the owner of the company. It has merely moved to Vancouver.
B.C. craft brewers booming as big beer sales slow

B.C. craft brewers booming as big beer sales slow

Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing Co. Ltd. had largest one-year growth, increasing its BCLDB sales 100 per cent
B.C. adds 15,300 jobs in October, reversing months of losses

B.C. adds 15,300 jobs in October, reversing months of losses

What happened: B.C.’s unemployment rate fell as the province added thousands of new jobs in October Why it matters: The West Coast piled up four consecutive months of losses B.C.
Tsawwassen senior was a Second World War codebreaker

Tsawwassen senior was a Second World War codebreaker

In the summer of 1944, 18-year-old Margaret “Peg” Jones entered the lodge house inside the big gates of Bletchley Park.
Green party’s top post-May challenge: find new leadership vision

Green party’s top post-May challenge: find new leadership vision

Elizabeth May’s departure as the federal Green party leader is a loss and a gift. If, as the saying goes, 80 per cent of life is showing up, it is also true that 80 per cent is knowing when to leave.
Metro Vancouver students hear child Holocaust survivor's story

Metro Vancouver students hear child Holocaust survivor's story

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz tells students to be independent thinkers, and not to get drawn into racism and hate
War veteran was declared dead — but he had the last laugh

War veteran was declared dead — but he had the last laugh

Last Nov. 11, Jordan Watt hauled himself into a Lancaster bomber — just like his grandfather had 75 years previously — and took to the skies.